In spite of the technological advancement of the healthcare system, monitoring skin hydration still remains a challenging task. The solutions currently available in the literature are inadequate to obtain continuous real-monitoring, especially in a wearable perspective. Starting from these considerations, this paper addresses the implementation of an innovative wearable device that can monitor skin hydration through microwave reflectometry technique. In particular, a preliminary validation was carried out through time-domain reflectometry (TDR) in-vivo measurements, from which the corresponding frequency-domain (FD) data were extrapolated. Successively, an in-depth study on the frequency response of the sensing element designed with respect to different skin hydration levels was carried out through full-wave simulations on human phantoms. This strategy allowed to consider different reference skin hydration levels and to obtain specific calibration curves relating the dielectric permittivity of skin to the FD-response of the monitoring system. The obtained results have thus led to the implementation of a system based on microwave reflectometry, with large potential for real-time, continuous monitoring of skin hydration.

Microwave Wearable System for Sensing Skin Hydration / Schiavoni, Raissa; Monti, Giuseppina; Tedesco, Annarita; Tarricone, Luciano; Piuzzi, Emanuele; De Benedetto, Egidio; Masciullo, Antonio; Cataldo, Andrea. - (2021), pp. 1-6. (Intervento presentato al convegno 2021 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC) tenutosi a Glasgow, Scotland nel 17-20 maggio 2021) [10.1109/I2MTC50364.2021.9460018].

Microwave Wearable System for Sensing Skin Hydration

Tedesco, Annarita;De Benedetto, Egidio;
2021

Abstract

In spite of the technological advancement of the healthcare system, monitoring skin hydration still remains a challenging task. The solutions currently available in the literature are inadequate to obtain continuous real-monitoring, especially in a wearable perspective. Starting from these considerations, this paper addresses the implementation of an innovative wearable device that can monitor skin hydration through microwave reflectometry technique. In particular, a preliminary validation was carried out through time-domain reflectometry (TDR) in-vivo measurements, from which the corresponding frequency-domain (FD) data were extrapolated. Successively, an in-depth study on the frequency response of the sensing element designed with respect to different skin hydration levels was carried out through full-wave simulations on human phantoms. This strategy allowed to consider different reference skin hydration levels and to obtain specific calibration curves relating the dielectric permittivity of skin to the FD-response of the monitoring system. The obtained results have thus led to the implementation of a system based on microwave reflectometry, with large potential for real-time, continuous monitoring of skin hydration.
2021
978-1-7281-9539-1
Microwave Wearable System for Sensing Skin Hydration / Schiavoni, Raissa; Monti, Giuseppina; Tedesco, Annarita; Tarricone, Luciano; Piuzzi, Emanuele; De Benedetto, Egidio; Masciullo, Antonio; Cataldo, Andrea. - (2021), pp. 1-6. (Intervento presentato al convegno 2021 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC) tenutosi a Glasgow, Scotland nel 17-20 maggio 2021) [10.1109/I2MTC50364.2021.9460018].
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